英语词汇“to shelter oneself under, behind”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative. Chiefly, to protect oneself from punishment or censure. to shelter oneself under, behind —— = to use the protection afforded by (what is specified).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (reflexive)] > from blame or punishment

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 21 Let there come a tempest of prouocation, I will shelter mee heere.

1675 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 295 My L^d Newport shelters himselfe under D.M. interest.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 49 You may shelter yourself under the forms of a parliament.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed iii, in Tales Crusaders II. 76 If it is meant..that I have any purpose of sheltering myself behind the Prelate's authority.

1837 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece IV. 225 They..thought it better to purchase the silence of the informer—unless they could shelter themselves by such an expedient.

单词	to shelter oneself under, behind
释义	> as lemmas to shelter oneself under, behind —— b. figurative. Chiefly, to protect oneself from punishment or censure. to shelter oneself under, behind —— = to use the protection afforded by (what is specified). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (reflexive)] > from blame or punishment sheltera1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 21 Let there come a tempest of prouocation, I will shelter mee heere. View more context for this quotation 1675 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 295 My L^d Newport shelters himselfe under D.M. interest. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 49 You may shelter yourself under the forms of a parliament. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed iii, in Tales Crusaders II. 76 If it is meant..that I have any purpose of sheltering myself behind the Prelate's authority. 1837 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece IV. 225 They..thought it better to purchase the silence of the informer—unless they could shelter themselves by such an expedient. extracted from shelterv. < as lemmas
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